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Peer to peer harnessing the power of disruptive technologies andy oram on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the term peer to peer has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files. Peer to peer technologies along with metadata could enhance almost any group of people who share an interest technical cultural political medical you name it this book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best known peer to peer systems the problems theyve faced and the technical solutions theyve found. Peer to peer harnessing the power of disruptive technologies page 1 preface andy oram oreilly associates inc the term peer to peer rudely shoved its way to front and center stage of the computing field around the middle of the year 2000. The term peer to peer has come to be applied to networks that expect end users to contribute their own files computing time or other resources to some shared project even more interesting than the systems technical underpinnings are their socially disruptive potential in various ways they . Press release february 28 2001 peer to peer harnessing the power of disruptive technologies sebastopol ca the cluster of technologies were now calling peer to peer is a melting pot of ideas thats about to boil over